Display box



F. X. LIST.

DISPLAY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, m9.

INVENTOR WWW 4 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 19, 1922.

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DISELAI BOX.

Application filed June 27,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK XAVER LIs'r, a citizen of the United States of America residing at New York in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve- Boxes, of which the-following is a specification.

This application is an improvement over my pendlng application Serial No. 27 5,286, filed February 6, 1919.

The present invention relates to improvej ments in foldihg or collapsible boxes made from a blank, stamped or cut from a single sheet ofcardboard or the like and servingfor acking and shipping merchandise and particularly for displaying the latter. These-collapsible boxes are usually rovided with advertising matter arrange .on the ends, sides and cover or lid so that when the boxes are displayed the advertising matter is exposed 'to the eye of the observer.

With the hitherto used construction of the collapsible boxes, the advertising mat ter has .to be printed on .the opposite faces of the blank from which the boxes are made and this printing on two faces -requires double operation consumingmore .time an being therefore more expensive. l

. One of the objects of myinvention is to provide such construction that alladvertising matter may be printed on one face of the blank so that when the blank is folded into the shape of a box all such advertising matter is exposed-to the eye of the observer.

Another object of m invention is to provide a construction w ich will render the box durable.

And a still further -cbject is to so stamp or cut the blank of cardboard that when the same is folded intothe 'form of a box it will be e nipped with collapsible feetwhich, when f0 ded in the position of use, will support the box in aslanting position so as to display the goods contained therein in the most convenient manner.

In the accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts, F ig.' 1' is a plan view ofa blank of a. cardboard form from which the box is stamped or cut; F1g.-2 1s a detall;

Fig. 3 is a Perspective bottom view of my box partly folded; Fig. 4 is a bottom erspective view of my box partially fol ed; Fig. 5 is a top'perspectivevie'w of the comserve as sides of the to But when the side do not overla a between the side pieces perpendicularly thereto.

i919. Serial in, 807,187.

pletely foldedbox; Fig. 6 is a top perspective view of the box in display position with the lid unfolded and as seen from the rear-of the box and-Fig.7 is asimilartop view of the box as seen from the front, and

8 is a modified construction of thelegs.

to serve as end walls and bottom pieces as shown in Fig. 3. The portions 6 are provided with extensions 7, g at each endwhich are foldable at a right angle thereto and portion ,of the box as shown in Fig. 3. ach of these extensions f, g is provided near its end with a wedge shaped or angular incision h, to

form bites permitting. the two vextensions located 'on'the same side of the central art a to be joined to one another when in f0 ded position; When the side pieces are long, enough to overlap one another in folded position as the pieces 7, 2, then the cuts extend ;in the same directlon permitting the said pieces to be directly locked together. ieces in folded ition as t e pieces g, g, t en the bites h exten in opposite directions and a separate lockingtongue 2' is employed. This tongue is made of the same material as the blank and is provided with two parallel bites or incisions'i' sospaced as to engage with its bites the recessed ends of the two side pieces g, g and lock them in folded position. I

Projecting from the side of the top ieee 1s a ap which-servesas a lid. This 11d may be, as shown, of a s ecial design, or may be square,

and is folda e over the top a. The flap 7' also serves to receive advertising matter which, when the box isdis layed and the lid lifted into the position s own in Fig. 7, will be-exposed to the eyes of the observer.

Projecting from the o posite side of the top piece a, is a piece 0 which the part located between the vertical dotted lines serves as the bottom, and the parts Z, m on the sides thereof serve as side pieces of said bottom art of the box and are foldable The piece m is extended transversely throughout its entire length to form a. flap n foldable perpendicularly to the said piece and serves as a locking tongue adapted to be passed between the top a and the folded side pieces f, f thereby locking the box in folded position. The bottom side piece m has a central U-shaped cut to provide a tongue 0 foldable upwardly and adapted to engage a counter tongue 12 made in the lid and to serve in conjunction therewith asa support for the lid in raised position as seen from Fl 6.

roject-ing from the part is at each end thereof is an irregularly shaped wing r capable of being folded substantially 1nto the shape of a prism to serve as a eg or foot for supporting the box at a slant as shown in Fig. 6. Each wing is provided with a tongue'or nose 8 and a slot 6 adapted made in the bottom is when in folded posi-.

tion or to engage slots t when in collapsed position. The flaps in folded position similar to the fiaps r form prismatic legs adapted to support the box at a slant when in disay. With the construction as described the box is durable, neat and permits all advertising matter appearing on the top sides,

lid and endsto be printed on one face of the blank only.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A display box comprising a blank stamped and cut to provide at one side of its median line a top with end walls at its opposite ends and side flaps carried upon the extremities of the end walls, said end walls and flaps being adapted to be folded into position upon the top to form the body portion of the box and said end walls further having upon their free longitudinal edges bottom pieces adapted to be folded over toward each other, said top also havneaaeaa ing a lid portion foldable upon one longitudinal edge remote from the med an line of the blank and adapted to be turned over upon the body of the box in a direction opposite to the folding of said end walls,

said blank having at the other side of its media-n line a bottom wall conforming subouter longitudinal edge of the bottom wall and adapted to be folded against the opposite side flaps for reinforcing the same.

2. A display box comprising a single blank stamped "and cut to provide a body portion at one side of the median line of the blank, said body portion having a top with end walls hinged to opposite ends thereof and side flaps carried upon the extremities of the end walls, said end, walls adapted to be folded upon the top and said side flaps being adapted to be folded upon the end walls toward each other to provide an enclosure, said top havin a lid hinged thereto at its outer longitudinal edge, said blank also having a closure portion at the other side of its median line and including a bottom wall and a side piece'hingedly connecting the bottom wall to the inner lon -itudinal edge of the top of-the body of t e box, said bottom wall also'having a second side piece hinged along its outer longitudinal edge, said bottom being adapted to be swung upon the inner side piece into position over the edges of the end walls and the side flaps of the box body and with said side pieces lying against the side flaps to reinforce the same, said lid being adapted to be swung into a position to overlie said top and into a position to extend at an angle upwardly from the plane ofthe top, and means carried by the outer side, piece for engaging said lid to -maintain it in its raised position. I In testimony whereof I afix my-signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK XAVER LIST. Witnesses: MAX D. ORDMANN, ELsIE ScHMID. 

